Ideographic: Two trees 木 representing a forestRadical:

meaning for lín:

  • - woods
  • - forest
  • - Classifiers: 片 [pian4]
  • - circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)
  • - a collection (of similar things)forest
  • - Classifiers: 片 forest industry
  • - forestryforestationJilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉 , capital 长春
  • - also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin provincerestoring agricultural land to forest